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Take a run at

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  1. 1
    To attempt to achieve or acquire. idiomatic, transitive

    ""No one else has achieved the right knit of polyester Dacron fibers—lots of mills have taken a run at it.""

  2. 2
    To attack or challenge or to try to attack or challenge. idiomatic, transitive

    "Like a tall dog who attacks a bear to remind himself he is still a tall dog, Ted Turner took a run at Rupert Murdoch last week."

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